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2/16/14
The Last Stanza of the First Canto of Lord Bryon's Don Juan
The Last Stanza of the First Canto of Lord Bryon's Don Juan
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'Go, little book, from this my solitude!
I cast thee on the waters, go thy ways!
And if, as I believe, thy vein be good,
The world will find thee after many days.'
When Southey's read, and Wordsworth understood,
I can't help putting in my claim to praise---
The four first rhymes are Southey's every line:
For God's sake, reader! take them not for mine.